The Poppy Seed Test for Colovesical Fistula: Big Bang, Little Bucks!

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1425-1427

  Kwon, Eric O ^a   Armenakas, Noel A ^a   Scharf, Stephen C ^a   Panagopoulos, Georgia ^a   Fracchia, John A ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; colon; cost benefit analysis; diagnosis; fistula

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM 51; PLANT EXTRACT; POPPY SEED EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTOCOLIC FISTULA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLOWER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICARE; POPPY SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEEDS;

EID: 40849120387     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.11.085     Document Type: Article

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